Updates on Kentucky Derby contenders and other news as the Run for the Roses is now just a week away

Calling an audible: Todd Pletcher had scheduled works for all his Derby contenders on Saturday morning, but the track was already sloppy by the time it opened for training hours at 5:45 a.m. After observing the conditions, Pletcher chose to delay the moves by likely favorite Eskendereya and Interactif –who is on the fence - until Sunday morning. He did work his other four colts on Saturday morning. Arkansas Derby runner-up Super Saver went a half in :48.32, galloping out in 1:01.28 under Calvin Borel, who will have the mount in the Derby. Borel has won two of the last three Derbies. Florida Derby third-place finisher Rule and Louisiana Derby winner Mission Impazible worked in company, finishing up in 1:00.10 and 1:00.30, respectively. The times were best and second-best among 20 at the distance. Risen Star winner Discreetly Mine went five furlongs in 1:00.04, galloping out in 1:13.26 under jockey Javier Castellano.

On the fence: Frizette and Bonnie Miss winner Devil May Care, equipped with blinkers, handled the sloppy track well during her final workout Saturday morning, going five furlongs in 1:00.10. The time was tied for second-best of 20 at the distance. The daughter of Malibu Moon galloped out in 1:13.81. Pletcher hasn’t announced yet whether the filly will run in the Kentucky Oaks or Kentucky Derby, but did mention the possibility of entering both to decide following the post position draw for each race.

Dangerous on dirt: Santa Anita Derby winner Sidney’s Candy, who will be making his first start on dirt in the Derby, once again turned in a solid work at Churchill Downs, going six furlongs in company in 1:11.44 with jockey Joe Talamo up.

No runner from Trial: The Grade III Derby Trial, the feature of Churchill’s opening day card, could have produced a starter for the Derby if Pleasant Prince or Eightyfiveinafifty had won. Both colts would have moved into the top 20 on the graded earnings list with the winner’s purse. However, both will sit out, as Hurricane Ike scored a rail-skimming win in the race under Borel, who rode five winners on the day. Derby Trial runner-up Aikenite has enough earnings to make the field, but Pletcher and owner Cot Campbell reiterated after the race that they plan to point the colt to the Preakness instead.

Notes: Bob Baffert’s duo of Lookin at Lucky and Conveyance schooled in the paddock before the first race on Saturday. … Backtalk, who is 22nd on the graded earnings list, vanned to Keeneland late Saturday and will turn in his final work there Sunday morning. Trainer Tom Amoss wanted to avoid the muddy track. … Santa Anita Derby runner-up Setsuko, who won’t have the graded earnings to make the Derby field unless there are many defections, will instead run in the American Turf Stakes on the Kentucky Oaks undercard.